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Is A&M a good school?

I've lived in Texas all my life and almost half of every class from my small private highschool has gone here (and usually just because they couldn't get into a "better" school or they couldn't let go of high school and wanted to be with their friends), so it seems like a pretty mundane and ordinary school to me. But they have a Genetics major that I'm in love with and I hear about kids, even OOS students, busting it just trying to make it in, so I'm wondering if someone outside of my high school could give me a better perspective - how good of a school is Texas A&M? Would I have a good chance of getting into med school or graduate school by going here?

Replies to: Is A&amp;M a good school?

TAMU is a great school. A lot of people go there because it is one of the two major state schools in a very large state, but that doesn't mean it is a bad school. Heck, UT is even bigger, but I don't hear you making the argument that they are worse because of it. I can't comment on the genetics program, as it isn't even close to my area of expertise, but I can tell you that TAMU is a quality school at a very quality price.

And how is my opinion biased? I didn't attend undergrad here. I didn't even grow up in this state, so I don't have the UT-TAMU grudge match instilled at me from birth. In fact, I applied to both schools for graduate school and still have tons of respect for UT. Heck, the fact that I am calling it UT instead of "t.u." ought to give you some idea of how little I care about that silly rivalry. What answer would you have given?

My niece gratuated with a major in Genetics and Biology and a minor in Math in spring of 2010. She had lots of offers around the nation for PHD programs and landed at a great school working in a great lab. She loved it at A&M and said they prepared her well.

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